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Where Do Strong Winds And Storms Stand
In The Context Of Climate Change?

consisted of a simple table while in the 2000s, this topic gained importance
and got widespread throughout the country, turning into a big sector and a
network of services. In addition to maintaining the quality of daily routine life,
access to meteorological information starting from a local level and gradually
at regional, national and international levels gained importance especially
concerning different disaster types related to climate change. This is because
there is a particular increase in the type and intensity of disasters, which results
in the willingness for ensuring an effective disaster administration. Moreover,
its relation to the exchange of dust, viruses and dramatic temperature
increases between countries make it essential in terms of global diseases.
In many settlements around the world, such as North China, big storms
that last for months’ result in weather conditions such as mists and shortens
the range of vision, sometimes leading to complete darkness, requiring street
lighting. The increasing intensity of these phenomena can date back to 2000s.
The winds blowing into Beijing from Gobi Desert in the last few years, have
been causing dust rains in the city. Storms and dust storms also affected the
USA geography in the early 2000s. In the 2020s, the relationship between
storms and dust means dust journeys across continents (Brahic et al, 2001:132).
Cyclones have also drawn attention in countries other than USA as well,
including Türkiye. A close relationship is built between the increase in their
frequency, intensity and effects and climate change, especially the increase in
surface (land and sea) and sub-atmospheric (troposphere) temperatures and
evaporation (especially in the seas and oceans). The change in the frequency
of severe thunderstorms and cyclones can be seen as the results of the
variability of the climate and the negative anthropogenic effects on global
climate system.
In short, with the increased in the success of weather forecasts thanks to
technological advances, and the dominant effect of the changing weather
conditions, there has been an increase in the public interest and instant access
to weather comprehensive forecasts. The focus on meteorological data in
urban risk analyses with different perspectives means the multifaceted and
healthy programming of sustainable life quality. To illustrate, Türkiye, which is
in cultural and natural assets, preserving the cultural heritage from extreme
winds and other meteorological disasters is essential not only in terms of
cultural heritage, but also in terms of their potential to attract tourists visiting
the area. Creating wind risk maps around prestigious cultural heritage (such as
Mount Nemrut), is not a strategy developed in Türkiye (Workshop 2022 notes).

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